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Daisy and Bob's Blog 2008-10-07T05:15:34Z http://blog.everythingandthedog.com/atom.aspx Quick Blogcast Beverly Hills Chihuahua tag:blog.everythingandthedog.com,2008-10-04:caf1683c-2f67-42ac-abd4-4b5444996f5e Daisy and Bob's Blog 2008-10-04T11:28:00Z 2008-10-04T09:45:00Z Hi it's me, Bob.
All better.

In fact I am feeling wonderful because it is FALL and that is my favorite season of the year.    Even though I haven't had too many seasons yet, I like Fall the best because the leaves are falling off the trees in our woods and so I can see better when I run with my friends, the deer.    Also, there is something soft to land on when I miss a jump.

So.

Our friends at Best Friends Animal Society sent us some wonderful information and asked us to share with all of our friends all over the world (did you know we have friends in foreign places? - it's true - remember Pete Bethune, the captain of Earthrace....?)

The new Disney movie, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, came out yesterday, Friday, October 3rd and we all know what that means. It means that lots of people (mostly little children who talk their parents into it) will want to have a dog just like the one in the movie.     Sometimes they even go out and buy a dog "just like that one".   But it isn't trained, needs to be taught about not going potty in the house, and guess what - it's can't even talk.

Our friends at Best Friends wanted us to remind you that shelters and rescue groups all across the country have plenty of Chihuahuas for ADOPTION.   Did you know that Chihuahuas are the 5th most posted breed of dog for adoption on Petfinder? I didn't know that.    First is Labs, then Shepherds, then us, PitBulls, and then mixes of those breeds and then the little ones.   Poor little things.

If you wake up your lazy Mouse Person and ask him nicely with a piece of fine cheese, perhaps he will help you do some surfing around to learn some things.     If you want to see a star-studded video - with actors from the movie - that Best Friends put together, then ask your MousePerson to Take Me to The Chihuahua Video

And this my friends is the best of all.

This poster was made by Best Friends and it can easily be printed and hung up around your town. We want everyone to know that they can rescue a poor little Chihuahua on Petfinder instead of buying one from a Pet Store, Newspaper ad or the Internet.

In fact ----- get this part --- the star of the movie - Star Chihuahua - was rescued from a Moreno Valley shelter, outside of Los Angeles, just days before his "time was up", and you KNOW what that means.

If you want information about how you can download a copy of the poster to use in your town, please just let us know or contact Best Friends and they will help you.

And by the way....here is good news: Remember Kiki & Lola, who were looking for a new forever home? They found one! Well, actually they found two. Two wonderful neighbors each took one of them with the promise that the girls could see each other all the time. Way to go, Kiki & Lola!

My Mom has some Chihuahua clients and they are named Ricky Ricardo and Coco. My Mom loves taking care of them very much, as does Ms. Jewel and Ms. Nikki who often go to sleep with the "littles" as we call them. Ricky Ricardo wanted to be in this movie but he didn't want to be away from home that long. HA!

Love and Licks and try to Adopt whenever possible.

Bob

]]> Gold For A Cause tag:blog.everythingandthedog.com,2008-10-03:8aba0d06-cdf7-4e0a-8e12-c4e4110ab5ee Daisy and Bob's Blog 2008-10-03T14:18:54Z 2008-10-03T13:58:00Z Hi Everyone, it's me. Bob.

Don't worry about me, I'm o.k.     I was sick as a dog (this is a joke, Mom says) for the last two days and yesterday could barely get around, but Dr. Bev Hollis who is a wonderful vet doctor in addition to being a wonderful photo taker, gave me some magic medicine and today, I am feeling much better.   I guess I will have mostly steamed rice for dinner again, but since I like it, that's o.k.     I'm sure you figured out that I had some indigestion issues.

My Mom says if I would stop running around in the woods eating who know's what, I would probably not get upset in my belly.   Dr. Bev was concerned that I had eaten a sock or something, but, please.   I am not the brightest bulb in the box, but I'm not THAT stupid.

Anyway.   I'm better.

Tomorrow in Leesburg there is a very special event that we wanted to tell you all about.   I should have told you sooner, but my Mom was busy taking care of me and our office and she is the typing person.   Sorry.

This is what we got in a message from a very special store in Leesburg, on West Market Street.   The name of the store is Petite Dekor ...and so much more.     They said:

"A Leesburg family desperately needs your help. Their 4 year old daughter, Madeleine Baet, has cancer and has been undergoing chemo treatment. She is scheduled for surgery at the end of September.  My heart goes out to this family as they fight this disease with their little angel and, in addition, must also endure the fear associated with the financial burden that medical treatment incurrs. Petite Dekor is sponsoring an event that will PAY YOU MONEY so that you can find it in your heart to give a percent of your NEW FOUND MONEY to Madeleine!

Do you have any outdated rings, broken chains, gifts from old boyfriends/girlfriends, stuff sitting in your jewelry box for years? Bring it in to Petite Dekor on Oct 4th and get cash right then! 10% of the cash value of all the gold jewlery purchased that day will be donated to the Baet family.

Here is how it works: The Gold Refinery tests the grade of gold (10K, 14K or higher), weighs it and then gives you cash on the spot. At the end of the day, they will pay Petite Dekor 10% of all gold purchased in cash. We will then donate to the Baet family.

We will also have light refreshments, face painting, mini spa treatments while you wait and so much more!"

PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW!

So it's me again, Bob. Me talking now:

So that is what is happening in Leesburg tomorrow and just think how happy little Maddy will be if her Mom and Dad don't have to worry so much about money. If you want some more informtion about this you can send an e-mail to email@petitedekor.com or phone them up at 703 777 7030.

And while you are at it, this is my Mom and my Sister's very favorite store for cute little two-legged people things. I don't think it would be appropriate for them to shop there for me, although a nice soft baby blanket would have come in very handy yesterday when my tummy hurt.

Happy October, Everyone....and go get your gold!

Bob

]]> A Photo Op! tag:blog.everythingandthedog.com,2008-09-26:855977ea-75c9-4b9f-be87-f239b85f3488 Daisy and Bob's Blog 2008-09-26T17:45:10Z 2008-09-26T16:37:00Z
This is probably one of THE MOST EXCITING THINGS I have ever done and even though I had to share this amazing experience with Rusty, it is still exciting and wonderful.

My Sister and my Mom took us (me and Rusty) to the site of the New Dog Park to be built here in our town (remember - I just told you all about this?) and we met with a professional photo taking man who works for The Washington Post (that is a Big-Time News Paper, in case you don't know).     He took about 20 gazillion photos of us (my Mom hid in the trees cause she has a phobia about getting her picture taken. Something to do with her wrinkles or something). He had one of those cameras that takes pictures at the speed of light! Do you know what I mean? Really, really fast?

So, my Sister is going to be the media person for the new park and a nice reporter-woman has been speaking to her about this new development in our town, and the reporter said they needed PHOTOS!   I'm not quite sure at all how Rusty wormed his little body into this whole thing, but still, it was so much fun and the photo man really liked me.    He probably thought Lydia was beautiful also, but he said I was one of the most gorgeous PitBulls he had ever seen!

Mom says if my head wasn't already swollen enough, it would now be impossible to get my new collar on and off.

What do you think my Mom means by that?   Why would my head swell up? Do you think it has anything to do with the fact that my lips and my ears get red when I am embarrased?   Should I be worried about this swelling?

Anyway.

So I am a Reporter Extraordinaire in The Blogging Business, but this is true Reporting. In print.   Zoweeeee!

I don't know exactly when this reporting will appear in "the paper" (it isn't instant like Blogging, you know), but when I do know, of course I will share with you.     Frankly, I don't know what is more exciting, The Dog Park or seeing my face appear like magic in the newspaper.

Mom says a lot of these things wind up "on the cutting room floor", so I shouldn't be so excited until the news paper gets printed, but how can I help myself?     This nice photo man wouldn't lie when he said I was not only gorgeous, but VERY PHOTOGENIC.    Would he?   Would anyone lie to me? Why?   Worse yet. What if only Rusty appears in the news?   Oh, yipes, that's awful.

So, I'm going to sleep tonight with my paws crossed and I'll be looking for The Washington Post every single day. You'll help me watch, won't you? In case I miss something?

Anxiously waiting,
Bob]]> Dog Park at Long Last tag:blog.everythingandthedog.com,2008-09-24:716092ea-b324-4e85-abe8-79b34a7229b3 Daisy and Bob's Blog 2008-09-24T14:13:00Z 2008-09-24T12:07:00Z
                        So this is me, Bob, HAPPY FACE!

As many of you know, the Leesburg Dog Park was a pretty controversial issue, and whereas, our rule here at Our Blogging Business is not to stir up controversy, I also have accepted the job of Reporter Extraordinaire, so I think this is important news.

This is some words that were in The Leesburg Today on their web-site and by the way, if you want to know what is going on in our town then ask your Mouse Person nicely to take you to DogPark Article in Leesburg Today and from that you can have fun finding news you might have missed.

So this is what was said:

Efforts to establish a dog park in Leesburg came full circle Tuesday evening. A project nearly abandoned earlier this year when a passive park with an off leash area along Old Waterford Road became the subject of much controversy, the dog park has now found a home in the town.

Leesburg Town Council members unanimously approved a three-quarter acre, fenced-in dog park at Olde Izaak Walton Park, a park currently leased by the town. In its approval, council members stipulated that town staff must use only the $18,570 remaining in proffer funds from the Morven Meadows Park project and can seek out private donations to cover any additional costs as well as the or annual maintenance. Assistant Director of Parks Bill Ference estimated Monday that annual maintenance of the dog park would be in the neighborhood of $12,000 to $13,000, which he said could be covered in the Parks and Recreation Department's annual budget.

Construction and implementation of the park is expected to take around six months, and Ference said that town staff would aim for an early spring 2009 opening to allow the weather conditions to be right for a dog park. The dog park area, located on the southern side of the park, will be open from dawn to dusk.

Councilman Kevin Wright said that a perk for him was the expected participation, both in donations and in offering volunteer time, of the friends group, which will operate as a nonprofit charity to help raise private donations for the dog park.

"By capping the project at [$18,570] we either have to be more efficient or the friends group can partner with us to close the gaps. Based on those parameters I will support this," he said.

Dale Goodson, a member of the friends group, said Monday he believes that the dog park at Izaak Walton was the best solution for the town and said that the friends group will be an active supporter of the park.

"I think we've finally got this to point where we have an incredibly balanced and grounded plan. It will increase the utility of Izaak Walton Park," Goodson said. "There's a lot of individuals and local businesses ready to support this. I do not expect you're going to see any real operating expense on this park."

But the line of the night belonged to Councilman Ken Reid, who concluded Tuesday's meeting with a creative retrospective of the town's journey to a dog park.

"I'm very pleased we finally settled the issue of the dog park. This issue has been dogging the council for at least three years, or, 21 in dog years," Reid said. "As you'll recall, [then Director of Parks and Recreation] Kaj Dentler and his pack sniffed out several locations, including Oatlands, and settled on Morven Meadows, but this created a lot of howling from neighbors-and folks concerned with the cost. So, we buried that idea. Let's face it, we were barking up the wrong tree. Thankfully, folks like Sandy Kane, Mary Harper and Dale Goodson kept the issue on the front burner. They were like dogs with a bone. I just hope they do form their 501c3 and start bringing in some bacon!"

So that is most of the what Leesburg Today has to say. But guess what? They forgot something really important!

                My sister is going to be a part of the committee who will help this all happen. It will be called the Dog Park at Olde Izaak Walton Park. If you are interested in helping with all of this, just send an e-mail to lbest@everythingandthedog.com and she will tell you all about the plans and what is needed from volunteers, beside money.   HA.     That's a good joke, just like Mr. Ken Reid said in his words that were full of puns.    My Mom had to explain all about puns to me, but now I get it.

This is serious reporting and just like I told you before, the serious stuff is a lot of hard work. So I'm going to take a nap and dream about what our Dog Park will look like and how much fun it will be to go there and meet new friends.

Tired from reporting,
Bob
]]> Kiki & Lola tag:blog.everythingandthedog.com,2008-09-21:223f9ad7-abb8-45b4-8f17-22d72c4234cd Daisy and Bob's Blog 2008-09-23T16:13:57Z 2008-09-21T12:19:00Z Good Afternoon

It's Tuesday afternoon and it is also almost the time of The Falling Leaves. How wonderful.
                                        I have a Beautiful Life.   I was just born lucky, I guess.

My friends Scarlett and Bob were rescued so they had some troubles in their former lives.   Scarlett just didn't get along with the other dog in her home and it beat her up all the time and would not let her have any food.    Scarlett was rescued off the street after she was found in a dirty ditch with some little puppies who did not make it.   So then she got her new home and that didn't work, so she came to our house. Wow.   But I love Scarlett and can't think of a better big sister, even thought she is very bossy.

Rusty was rescued via the wonderful people at Dauschund Rescue and Blue Ridge Vet.    When my Mom and Sister were at Blue Ridge with our parrot, Honey (who is fine, thanks), they met Rusty.   At first my sister said, "no thanks", as she thought Rusty had no personality.   My Mom, however, was in love.    So home came Rusty along with about 6 different kinds of medicine and a special shampoo for two time a week baths.    Now Rusty is happy and healthy and really runs the show around here, even though he is, of course a lot smaller than me.   I think that Rusty honestly thinks that he is a Pit Bull.      Except for his back problem, which our wonderful Miss Jewel is working on with her Reiki fingers, Rusty is healthy too!

                                                            So where do you think all of this is going to?

Obviously (can you believe the big words I am learning since I became a reporter?) there are two pups that need your help.   One of our wonderful sitter ladies is named Jeanette Asch and she has been helping to care for these lovely girls for a long, long time.   The two legged Daddy of these pups just passed away from cancer and now the pups need a home.    Here they are:

This is Kiki, and she is obviously a Black Lab, born on June 1, 1998, so she is 10 years and 3 months old. She has AKC papers and her whole name is Kiki Roda Moroney.

This cute little face is Lola. Lola is a Minature Poodle and she also has papers (the official document kind) not the kind one puts on the floor.   (Joke)    Her real full name is Lola de la Vegas.    ( I have papers too and I'll have to see if I have a fancy name, but I think it just says Bob)   Lola will be three years old in October.

Both of these girls have perfect health records and even though they are very needy right now, they really do need to stay together because it would make them very sad to not be Sisters.   I can't imagine not having Rusty and Scarlett in my "pack".

            So I'm asking Please, can you help these girls find a good Forever Home?

Please.

Thank You.

Please.

Licks and Love from Bob, Reporter Extraordinaire!

]]> Greyhounds Everywhere! tag:blog.everythingandthedog.com,2008-09-20:44c8a7b7-267c-4e7b-ad9a-a8d1e82e8b2e Daisy and Bob's Blog 2008-09-20T12:50:20Z 2008-09-20T11:34:00Z Because I am a jealous PitBull, I will also tell you that I am very, very sad that my Mom and my Sis won't let me go. They said I am not a greyhound and therefore, I have to stay home.

Is this fairness? I don't think it is and I seem to remember Daisy being in this same position last year and boy, oh boy, was she hopping mad.     I'm just sad.   I can run as fast as any greyhound around and I have actually raced with some in my yard.    They thought I was a greyhound and didn't have any trouble at all playing with me. So if they aren't particular, why should the two legs care?     This is just another fine example of the fact that dogs are kind, generous, and not at all particular about who their friends are.   People, on the other hand? Not so much.

Back to the picnic.   It is an annual event and raises money to help greyhounds find forever homes with kind and loving two legs to help them get all settled in.    I'm getting the hang of The MousePerson thingy and so I looked at the website, which you can do also by just clicking your own MousePerson on Learn More About Us

            See this greyhound face?   He is so sad because he has just been told that he will not have the chance to meet me, Bob, the World's Most Loving PitBull and only PitBull in The Blogging Business.    Doesn't that make you greyhound people feel badly?

The vision of the greyhound helping people at Virginia Greyhound Adoption (VAGA) is to find safe and loving homes for retired racing greyhounds, offering continual support to adopters and members, and ensuring the health and well being of all retired racers here in the United States and around the world!     That is some big Vision, alright. And did you know that sometimes the VAGA group even goes over to Spain and rescues the dogs trying to live there? These dogs are called Galgos and I have one of them as my friend.   His name is Duke.   But even Duke can't get me into the picnic.

Since I cannot go and even though I was more than willing to spend a lot of money on auction items (like the Knitamil Greyhound made by our friend Danamarie)......... I guess I will just have to do a lot of leg stretching exercises in the hope that next year I can sneak in.

My Mom and my Sister say they are coming home with the Knitamil.     And maybe with some nice piece of clothing with the wonderful Greyhound People Logo, which I happen to love!    Ha!   This will teach everyone not to let me in!

  Sadly, Not a Greyhound
                                                                                                                                                       Bob]]> Pup-Pup tag:blog.everythingandthedog.com,2008-09-19:fe672814-ba3d-45c9-ae6e-c24186e978e8 Daisy and Bob's Blog 2008-09-19T11:18:41Z 2008-09-19T10:44:00Z
Pup-Pup was a client belonging to my Mom and she took extra care of Pup-Pup as he was diabetic and had to get two pokes every day with a sharp needle.   This doesn't sound like too much fun to me, but my Mom says that Pup-Pup was actually very good about it.   It was just some other stuff that Pup-Pup didn't like too much as Mom says he was "conflicted".    She says that same thing about me when I have been naughty. Poor Pup-Pup.

Here is a baby picture of Pup-Pup, and this picture makes his Mom and his Dad very happy to look at, because they remember him before he became "conflicted"

What a cute little face he had............ but this picture is the one that my Mom says she will always remember and loves the very most:

When Pup-Pup's body grew up, his head didn't follow along quite so much, so he had a tiny, sweet little face. Mom says you probably didn't want to grab his little cheekers and smush them, but that there was something in Pup-Pup that made him so very, very lovable.

So, you remember, of course, all our friends at 2Dogs, 2000 Miles (Luke and the boys, Hudson & Murphy), and you know about their hard journey from Austin to Boston to help everyone become aware of canine cancer and help raise some monies for finding a CAUSE for this awfulness.

So we sent a special gift of $25 along to Luke and The Boys to help them on their way, and to ask them to think kind thoughts about our Pup-Pup.

It has been a busy month for us in the donation department, as we also sent along some monies for remembering Nate Taschler, Mel Loeffler, Moose Michaels and both Kaiser & Armstrong Huhn.      If you have someone in your life that you would like to specially remember, please don't forget about this wonderful cause. Your mouse can take you to Help Luke & The Boys and we know that they will be very happy and proud to remember your friends and ours.

Sadly reporting,
Bob
]]> Rusty! tag:blog.everythingandthedog.com,2008-09-17:74a297e8-4445-4d5c-a340-c237a2f71da6 Daisy and Bob's Blog 2008-09-17T13:03:15Z 2008-09-17T12:39:00Z Let's talk about my "bro" Rusty.     Rusty already lived in my home when I arrived at the age of 8 weeks.
                                               So it seems to me that Rusty is quite old.

Daisy wrote all about Rusty quite some time ago and told you that Rusty had a terrible problem in his spine.   Because of this, he wasn't allowed to come out of his crate and he had to take a lot of drugs.   Rusty even had to sleep in his crate at night and could not come up on to the bed because my Mom was fearful that I might accidently step on him and hurt his back.

Then we found Miss Jewel Wessel and we told you all about her magical skills doing Reiki.   This is a wonderful way to make dogs (and cats, and people for that matter), all well.

                                           So here is Rusty:

And this is Me! Bob!
Do you think Rusty is trying to become a Big Scary PitBull?

Now all I have to do is teach him to scare the UPS man!    HA!    I am still trying to scare the UPS man, but then again, I can jump inside of his truck, whereas Rusty can't even jump onto our sofa if he wants to.    So it will probably be quite some time before Rusty is able to figure out how to get into a delivery truck!

                    Thank you, Miss Jewel, for making my "bro" into a jumping bean.

Love and licks,
Bob

BY THE WAY:   The photo graph of Rusty was taken by our friend Lyn Lindberg, whereas the photo graph of me was taken by our friend, Bev Hollis.      How do you think they figured out how to get us both to do the same jumping trick?

BY THE DOUBLE WAY:   Rusty's collar says: "Babe Magnet" Why do I not have a collar that tells everyone I like "the babes"...... that isn't fair!     Bob]]> Bad Food tag:blog.everythingandthedog.com,2008-09-14:d707c675-57a6-46c1-a40f-a9f11c5d87f1 Daisy and Bob's Blog 2008-09-14T11:51:57Z 2008-09-14T11:35:00Z
I have just received a new flash and it might not be good news for some people who have purchased dog food made by Mars Petcare US.

It seems that their dry pet food products produced in Everson, Pennsylvania between February 18 and July 29 might have salmonella bugs.   Oh boy. This isn't good.

The people at Mars made a news release and said that 31 states in the United States and a lot of different brands may be involved and so this action was a "precaution".

The brand names include some items under the names Country Acres, Retriever, Doggy Bag, Members Mark, Natural, Ol' Roy, Special Kitty, Paws & Claws, Pedigree, Wegman's, Pet Pride, PMI Nutrition and Red Flannel.

The company said consumers should look for "17" as the first two digits of the second line on the UPC for products affected. For Pedigree products, they should look for "PAE" on the bottom line.

They can also call (877) 568-4463 or consult www.petcare.mars.com

I hope this is the information that you need to make sure you do not have this food inside of your home, or worse yet, inside the tummies of your dogs.

Michele Hall is one of our wonderful dog walkers/pet sitters in the Ashburn area. She told me all about the Food Danger and told me to send my Mouse Person to CBS News so I would have the right information to pass along. My Mom says I am very responsbile to say thank you to Michele and give her the credits for telling me all about this.      She says this is the sign of a Grown Up!   Wow.

Licks,
Bob]]> Do You Hear Bells? tag:blog.everythingandthedog.com,2008-09-14:d1fce6a5-2750-4292-a002-e434dc30422a Daisy and Bob's Blog 2008-09-14T09:59:56Z 2008-09-14T09:25:00Z Hi Everyone.   Bob here.    On the job reporting!   Not on the spot, but reporting anyway!

    These are our friends Teresa and Jay. They are in love. Yesterday they got married.    Isn't that happy?    Teresa is very beautiful.   Please don't tell Jay, but I love her too.

Teresa has worked for Everything & The Dog since way before I was born.   So I guess I am in love with an "older" woman. Ha.    That's a good joke.   Yes?

Actually Teresa has worked for us almost since my Sister started up Everything & The Dog, so Teresa has a lot of clients and she takes very, very good care of all of them.

When I get to see the Wedding Photo Graphs I will pick out my very favorite one and let you see what Miss Teresa looked like in her "gown". My Sister was also going to be in a gown because Miss Teresa picked her to be the Maiden of Honor.     So perhaps I can post my beautiful Sister also.

So.    Scarlett and Rusty and me, Bob, wish Miss Teresa and Mr. Jay many days of true happiness.    And my Mom does also.   Mom was here "holding down our fort", but she was thinking about the wedding day. She wonders if someone was kind enough to save her a slice of cake?

Bob

Oh and by the way, this photo graph and the photo graphs of the wedding were taken by our very wonderful friends Lyn & Karen Lindberg (who are also the owners of five little smoochie dogs and so they are our clients too).   Remember Daisy's Mouse Person?    I asked him very nicely and kindly and gave him a nice slice of fine cheese and he took me to see The Lindbergs at their very wonderful web place.    If you want to have the BEST (and Washingtonian Magazine says that also, so we aren't making stuff up), please ask Mr. Lyn and Ms. Karen to help you with your wedding photo graph taking.    Tell them that Bob sent you.]]> Where is my Lipstick? tag:blog.everythingandthedog.com,2008-09-12:5fb6dd99-ac12-41a9-b698-547064033e0e Daisy and Bob's Blog 2008-09-12T12:48:08Z 2008-09-12T10:09:00Z
I have already figured out that when you are a reporter, sometimes you find out things that you feel are not right and you then get to have an opinion.

When my Mom and my Grammy said that Daisy could start her Blogging Business and that someday maybe I would be able to write stuff down too, they also said that we could not be controversial.    I have absolutely no idea at all what that means.    Just so you know.
                                                                                      So it's about my lipstick.

I'm sure that you notice that I appear to be wearing lipstick in this photo graph from Miss Bev. If you wanted to go back and check out other photo graphs of me, you might notice that not only does my upper lip get very "flushed", ALL around my mouth I am quite pink and although this has nothing to do with my lips, the inside of my ears turn BRIGHT RED when I am scared or embarrased, which is on a pretty regular basis, unfortunately.

Now I am sure that the entire country is aware that Ms. Sarah Palin made an unfortunate remark on September 3 about pit bulls wearing lipstick.   My Mom says that Ms. Palin simply asked if everyone knew the difference between a Hockey Mom and a PitBull.      To me this seems to be a pretty strange question.    Hockey Mom's usually have two legs, not four; and they drive around in big SUV's, lugging a bunch of little two legs with them so that the little two legs can go kick a ball around in a field and get out some of their pent up energy.

As everyone knows, PitBulls have four legs and no driving license, but they would be most happy to learn how to play Hockey.   My Mom and I kick around empty plastic jugs which is a game I love but it isn't really Hockey.

So.   Ms.Palin said the answer to the question "what is the difference between a Hockey Mom and a PitBull" was that Hockey Mom's wear lipstick.

                            Obviously Ms. Palin hasn't met me. Bob.    Lipstick Bob my Mom calls me.

Now that I have cleared that part up and when Ms. Palin reads this she will understand that she made a mistake, let's go on to Mr. Barack Obama.   It seems that several days after Ms. Palin tried to explain that hockey mom's wear lipstick, Mr. Obama, in trying to explain that if a pig chooses to wear lipstick it doesn't change the fact that it was still a pig, has upset a lot of people, most of all Ms. Palin. (Or maybe he upset Mr. McCain, because actually my Mom says that Ms. Palin looks like she has some sense of humor, at least)

I like pigs, as a matter of fact.    I want us to buy one so I can play with it.    Anyway, where was I?   This reporting is such hard work.   Darn.

So, here is what I think.     These people (Mr. Obama, Ms. Palin and ALL of the others who are trying to be in charge of our country) should just take a clue from us PitBulls and just get along.    Not make a big fuss, not be rude, not take up important time saying bad things about others, but just be nice.

Here I am, just a PitBull and I know some important stuff in addition to getting along with everyone.   I know that Hockey Moms have two legs and PitBulls have four.    I understand that in trying to appear attractive, Hockey Moms often wear lipstick, and that I, Bob, often "appear" to be wearing lipstick because I have some unfortunate genetic problem that makes my lips and ears flush on a regular basis.   I also understand that I am STILL a PitBull, lipstick or no lipstick.    If someone put lipstick on a pig, it would still be a pig and no person that I know about would be upset about that.    Also, by the way, pigs have four legs, so they can't be Hockey Moms either.

I am very hopeful that now that I have explained all this information, as a good reporting person should do, that Mr. Obama and Ms. Palin will put all of this stuff behind them and get on with their jobs.     My Mom says that also means that all of the Republicans and the Democrats (this is way over my head) should stop being so silly over "issues" that were never issues in the first place.      That is exactly what I said (I think), but my Mom feels she has to step in from time to time to make sure I'm getting my facts straight.

By the way, I told her that I had cleared ALL of this with Daisy very early this morning while my Mom was still sleeping.     That is a perfect time of the day to communicate.   HA!

Why do you think my lips and my ears get so red? You don't think there is something wrong with me, do you? Oh boy.    And here is something else I need to know. What is the difference between Hockey and Soccer, because once I heard that same question about them wearing lipstick and now I'm confused.

I am done for the day.    I am very, very tired.
Bob

]]> Missing Grannies tag:blog.everythingandthedog.com,2008-09-10:e3c19ddb-e13e-4bd8-8e97-dd18f572d1f9 Daisy and Bob's Blog 2008-09-11T11:58:31Z 2008-09-10T16:39:00Z
Fortunately, we had the best pet sitter to come and sleep with all of us, to feed us, to play with us and to even work in the office and help out my Sister.     This is our beautiful friend Chexy.

Chexy is in the picture with her wonderful Granny, named Marie.     We never did get to meet with Granny Marie, but Chexy talked about her all of the time and told us how much she was loved.    Marie is our official Granny on the other side of The Rainbow Bridge.     We didn't really have a two legged Granny, who wanted to spend so much time with dogs and cats (not to mention all of the other finned, furred and four footed creatures who are staying up there until their own two legs arrive and sort them all out).

Although in Earth Time, Marie had a little bit of trouble remembering everything, at The Rainbow Bridge she has a wonderful system and no one goes without plenty of TLC.     Isn't this a comforting thought for all of our friends who have pets waiting for them?    I bet you didn't know that there are Grannies and Grandpa's who help care for all of the animals while they are being reunited with their owners. Did you?

Sadly, some pets never had a two leg to care for them on earth and that is another reason the Grannies and the Granpa's are so important.    If a pet never had the chance to be loved and cared for in it's Earth Life, there is absolutely no reason why an unassigned Granny (like darling Marie) cannot care for them now.

I can't imagine what it would be life to be uncared for, but I know that especially my PitBull friends often wind up with no two legged love on earth and now that entire problem is solved.    I can stop worrying about this and go on to worrying about something else!

Thank you, darling Chexie-Girl from your favorite clients (well, hopefully)
Bob, Scarlett and Rusty

And by the way, in case you are wondering, our Princess Daisy is the one who told us all about Marie and The Granny System.     You knew Daisy had a part in this, now didn't you?

And of course, who takes better pictures than our Miss Bev.   In case you forgot. Which you didn't.

BOB

]]> Those Crazy French tag:blog.everythingandthedog.com,2008-09-07:8b74715e-a95f-42e8-bb43-32db72618ae7 Daisy and Bob's Blog 2008-09-07T10:27:51Z 2008-09-07T10:02:00Z

Guess what, it's me Mom. Isn't the wonder of modern science terrific. Here I am in Norristown, Pennsylvania and pretty much knowing what you are thinking, doing and up to while I am away. You knew that your sister would tell me everything, now didn't you?

Bob, you never knew very much about your almost nephews, Borris and Stewie, so I will tell you now. Boris and Stewie are the fur children of our darling Jenny-Girl and her husband Seth. Once, a very long time ago, while Marvin and Jethro were still alive, your Mom clicked her heels together and ran away to Kansas. While there, I met Jenny-Girl, and adopted her as another daughter. Once that was accomplished the rest was history. Jenny-Girl met your Sister, and guess what? It was as if they were separated at birth. Yes, they are that much alike. Your Sis is surfer-girl, California Blonde, even after all these years, and Jenny-Girl is Half-Philadelphia Italian, but other than that, they like everything the same. No pickles on their burgers, please.

So as years pass, first Sister came to have our Daisy, then Auntie Jenny-Girl gets Boris and then Stewie. Me (Mom) had Marvin, Jethro and then Hannah, all of whom have crossed TRB; then Rusty, Scarlett and finally, you, Bob. Our Baby.

By the way, Auntie and Mr. Seth have two little two legged children named Jack and Ian. Auntie Jenny also has some extremely complicated and often times amusing family members on both her and Uncle Seth's family trees, but then - who are we to talk? This is just another reason why fur children provide unconditional and truly never-ending love, while human families are often outrageous and difficult to communicate with unless one has medical assistance of one kind or another.

Back to Boris and Stewie. TaDa!

Boris is the grumpy looking one on the right side, while Stewie (yes, from Family Guy) is the rather unusual creature on the left. Boris and Stewie are French Bulldogs (Frenchies for short), but one cannot say that either of them are breed standard. Boris was straight off the plane from Russia, and has always been a bit oppinionated. Stewart on the other hand, came out missing a few genes, not to mention teeth and hair. He has a condition called alopeachia (which is probably spelled wrong). It's the same thing our Rusty has on his stomach - no hair.

In addition, anyone who has seen the movie Lilo and Stich, will readily identify and wonder why in the world Stewie is Stewie and not Stich.

So Bob, those are your pseudo-nephews. If Auntie Jenny was your true Aunt, then they would be your true nephews. Baring that, at the present, they are all you have, and they say they can barely wait to meet you in person. They have, however, known to lie.

Love, Mom

]]> Don't Leave Me! tag:blog.everythingandthedog.com,2008-09-03:3863dac8-466c-433d-8dca-789d1cadc15f Daisy and Bob's Blog 2008-09-05T10:30:32Z 2008-09-03T14:39:00Z Oh my gosh.   I just realized that my Mom is leaving to go to stay in Pennsylvania.

What will I do?

Already sad,
Bob

]]> My Silly Mom tag:blog.everythingandthedog.com,2008-09-03:20f3ef06-025f-4ea0-bc9a-5ddb2afc9f9e Daisy and Bob's Blog 2008-09-03T12:32:16Z 2008-09-03T12:14:00Z

My Mom is not big on getting her photo graph taken. Nope.     But since I want to be a good reporter, I asked my BFF, Bev Hollis, to search around and find me a picture so you can see that I really have a Mom, and even though she has terrible posture, she is not so bad for a Mom.   Actually, I think any dog would like to live in our home. In many ways, I guess that us dogs rule the roost.    (that is a joke......I'm still not sure if I need to tell you when I make a joke?   I think that Daisy might have had more jokes to tell, and I still have some problems finding them)

Oh, Mom says she might need to loose a few pounds too, but I said that I didn't care if she didn't, so I don't think we will be dieting any time soon.

So my Mom went to the doctor place yesterday and got a big huge stich taken out of her shoulder. My Mom says the doctor is a liar, since he said it would only be a little pinch.   I guess she practically broke my sister's hand squeezing it so hard, and of course, my sister had to close off her eyes cause she cannot look at medical things.

The stich is out, but Mom has a nice big metal plate and a LOT of screws in her shoulder.   I wish we had a picture of THAT to put on the BLOG.   Even Daisy could not find news like THAT!

So tomorrow my Mom is going on a very much needed vacation, but guess what? One of our very wonderful pet sitters by the name of Chexy (my Mom calls her Chex-Mix) is coming to sleep at our home and help us get through without my Mom.    My sister says we are a hand-full and too much for one person to sleep with, which I find pretty funny since Mom has been sleeping with all three of us since I was a baby.   I think it may have something to do with Mr. Pat.    He feels that one dog in his bed is one dog too many.

I am thinking that my Mom can talk to us while she is on her vacation and help with my Blogging.    If not, maybe Sister will help me, if she doesn't have a nervous breakdown first. Whatever that is.

So now you know what my Mom is like and you can see that in spite of all the rumors, I do NOT have Attention Problems, and I can sit still if I have to.

Kisses from your friend,
Bob]]> Big News tag:blog.everythingandthedog.com,2008-09-02:18b78d95-d0c1-426a-8906-96a2edb258d7 Daisy and Bob's Blog 2008-09-02T09:47:27Z 2008-09-02T09:34:00Z Mom says not to worry because this is still Bob and Daisy's Blog, and no one can possibly forget me or Daisy.

So here is my big news.

My Mom has to go to the doctor today and then she has to get some physical therapy stuff.   My Mom is not happy.
When Mom isn't happy then I try very, very hard to help her out by being silly.      So here I am. Silly.

Love, bob

You know what ---- I don't think I will ever scare anyone with my fierce PitBullNess (except maybe the UPS man)
       My Mom says I give PitBulls a good name. Is this a good thing?
                            Bob]]> Labor Day tag:blog.everythingandthedog.com,2008-09-01:4f081e61-a169-4a5d-98d7-dbd9a3d3674d Daisy and Bob's Blog 2008-09-01T10:35:37Z 2008-09-01T10:21:00Z
So today is September 1 which is also known as Labor Day. But not every year.   Just because it is the first Monday of the Month of September, I think.

So if it is Labor Day, why is it a holiday? And if it is a holiday, why is everyone in my family working?

You know, it is this kind of stuff that makes me crazy. This is why Daisy was perferct for this job.   She never let little details like this confuse her.

I need a nap.

Bob]]> Let Go of The Leash tag:blog.everythingandthedog.com,2008-08-30:0c9cbd55-bcd5-4cff-9a34-7b8806e83bbd Daisy and Bob's Blog 2008-08-30T11:50:55Z 2008-08-30T11:05:00Z
Did you know that my Mom broke her shoulder? That is pretty important, I think. Poor Mom. She was trying to walk a dog by the name of Snickerdoodles on the night of August 14th and Snickers decided to run to play with the deer.

My Mom and My Sister tell all of our pet sitters the First Rule of Dog Walking on a Leash:
                                                         Let Go Of The Leash.
So my Mom forgot that part. Oops.   She went up and out and down and landed on her shoulder part. Ouch.

Afterwards that silly Snickerdoodle dog sat down beside her and licked her face, but unfortunately, licking of faces does not make things all better.      My Mom had to have surgery on her shoulder and was living in the hospital house for many days.   Now however, she is all patched up and is - according to my Sister, a Bionic Woman.   She has a plate and some screws holding her together. Isn't that really cool?   I would like a plate on the top of my head so that when I run into trees while I am playing, it would not hurt so much.

We don't know if they have any dogs, but we do want to say that my Mom's doctors are very wonderful people and were very caring.   So my Mom says if you have any need for some doctors to work with your bones you need to find a Mouse Person and get it to help you visit The Johnson Brothers    They do a lot of sporting medicine, so I'm not really sure how my Mom wound up with them since she hasn't had a sporting moment in a long time, but anyway, they fixed her right up.

I am now going to ask my Sister, Lydia, if this information is something important.   It is very hard to do the work of Daisy.    Daisy was like a gossip column reporter.   She just found out stuff that was really cool. I'm sitting and waiting here but things aren't coming over into my head so I can write about them. My Mom says not to worry. It will take a little bit of practicing.   I guess it's a lot like Frog Surfing. You can't get it right the first few times.

Trying to learn,
Bob



]]> Frogs tag:blog.everythingandthedog.com,2008-08-29:f6746d51-7b1a-4119-8c58-92f3c1cdaf7a Daisy and Bob's Blog 2008-08-29T18:40:43Z 2008-08-29T18:31:00Z
Did you know that Dead Frogs didn't come that way? Squished and flat, I mean.    My Mom just told me that once they were alive and our friends and that they accidently got run over. Oh, my gosh.   I am a bad dog. I would never hurt anything. I hope my friends know this.   I just thought they came in a package like that and my Mom or my Sister were leaving them on the driveway.

Last night I met a real Frog. He was very fat and very hoppy.   I chased him around the grass for a few minutes but mostly he scared me. I thought he might jump on me, or get on my nose or something.   That's when my Mom explained about how they come in that fat, hoppy condition, and then the poor things get run down.

I don't know if I can sleep tonight.   Do you suppose I will be forgiven for this?    It was just so much fun and they smelled so wonderful.   My Mom said we would find a MousePerson, like Daisy had, and we would look on the computer and see if there is a toy shaped like a flat frog.    But even then, I don't feel right about myself now.

Please tell ALL the frogs you know that I am so sorry and I won't do this bad behaviour any more.

Ashamed,
Bob]]> Gosh tag:blog.everythingandthedog.com,2008-08-28:07f1726e-a0bb-4f16-b0fb-cad963ab1243 Daisy and Bob's Blog 2008-08-28T17:10:41Z 2008-08-28T16:45:00Z
It's me again.   Bob.   You know? Stupid-Head?

I got so many letters yesterday and today, so I figured out in my head that I had friends just like Daisy had friends.   Well, O.K. not so many, but a few.   My Mom says "Rome wasn't built in a day".    I don't know what that means. Do you?    If it is like the treehouse Mr. Pat is building on our land, then I know that it's taking a long time.

Actually, I like that tree house. I can run up a slope and hop inside of it.   There aren't any frogs up there so it's pretty boring.

Thank you for liking me.   I'll try to be a good reporter just like Daisy was, but since I'm not so old or anything, I think this will be a lot of work.    Lydia says she has faith in me and that I can pull it off.      I can't figure what is on that needs to come off, but I'm trying.

Love,
Your New Friend
Bob

             Gram says for me to remind everyone that I am a very scary PitBull.    You are afraid, aren't you?   Guess what? That's a JOKE, just like Daisy used to make.
                                                                                                  Happy Dreams!

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